brabzzz 0 #1 January 23, 2006 Heya, just a quick question (given I impulse purchased a Hawkeye lid at the AGM...). What is the consensus on Microdrive based camcorders in freefall? Actually, I'm sure they're fine in freefall, but how do they cope with the openings? I was thinking along the following lines (@£300 with a 4gig microdrive, 2 batts, charger. Another £25 for a 0.45 lens and 50p for some blutac to attach it) http://www.jvc.co.uk/product.php?id=GZ-MC100EK&catid=100094&sub=feature#table Would that be a nice starter cam, or should I be looking at Sony miniDV ones like the PC53 @ this price point. BTW: I don't do tandems (not with my 300j at any rate...) and don't need the 3rd CCD of the next model up! Anyone used one? Love it or hate it? --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flylikeahandbag 0 #2 January 23, 2006 Check out this post. I think it may have been covered. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2000803#2000803-------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miami 0 #3 January 23, 2006 This should get you started... Hope this helps...Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brabzzz 0 #4 January 23, 2006 Cheers - that answers my questions then and puts paid to the microdrive idea! Assuming the JVC-made-of-cheese aspect is ignored, would shoving a gig of compact flash (or whatever it eats) solve the storage issues, or is the whole concept considered a bit pant at the mo and MiniDV still THE business! --------------------------------------- Ex-University of Bristol Skydiving Club www.skydivebristoluni.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miami 0 #5 January 23, 2006 Quote...or is the whole concept considered a bit pant at the mo and MiniDV still THE business! That's about it...for now anyway. Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #6 January 23, 2006 QuoteWould that be a nice starter cam, or should I be looking at Sony miniDV ones like the PC53 @ this price point. BTW: I don't do tandems (not with my 300j at any rate...) and don't need the 3rd CCD of the next model up! Anyone used one? Love it or hate it? i dont think the PC53 is used much due to the fact that you can not connect a wide angle lens to it... better be a pretty good shot FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
